Friends, Clans & Trading

🤝 PokeWorld Is Better Together

PokeWorld is a true MMO — every trainer you see walking around the map is a real player. Making friends, joining a clan and trading on the market are some of the biggest power-ups in the game, and they're all free.

This guide covers the five pillars of the social game: Friends, Chat, Parties, Clans and the Trade Market.

👥 Friends — Build Your Crew

Adding friends takes two seconds, and there are two ways to do it:

• From the map: tap any player walking nearby → their profile popup opens → hit ➕ ADD FRIEND.
• From the Friends page: open 👥 FRIENDS from the action bar to search players by name and send requests.

Managing requests

Incoming friend requests appear on your Friends page — accept or decline with one tap. Once you're friends, you can:

• See which friends are online right now and where they're playing.
• Jump straight into a private message or invite them to a party.
• Find each other faster for raids, trades and events.

💬 Chat — Global, Local, DMs & Polls

The chat box on the map keeps the whole world connected:

• Global chat — talk to every trainer online, server-wide.
• Local chat — talk to players in your current zone; perfect for coordinating on-the-spot hunts.
• Mentions — tag a player with @name so they never miss your message.
• GIFs & images — share screenshots of your shiny catches (mandatory bragging!).
• Polls 📊 — create community polls right in chat: "Which outbreak should we hit next?" and let the people vote.

Private messages

For one-on-one conversations, open a player's profile and tap Message. DMs are private, persistent, and perfect for negotiating trades before you list.

🎉 Parties — Co-op Up to 6 Players

A Party is a temporary co-op squad of up to 6 players exploring together. While partied up:

• Shared XP — battles won by party members feed XP to the whole group. Grinding together is simply faster.
• Party HUD — see your teammates' status at a glance on the map screen.
• Event power — parties are the best way to tackle raids, outbreaks and live events, where boss rewards scale with participants.

🏰 Clans — Your Permanent Home

Where parties are temporary, a Clan (guild) is your long-term family in PokeWorld. Join an existing clan or found your own, then enjoy:

• Clan chat — a private channel just for members.
• Donations — contribute to the clan bank to power group upgrades.
• Ranks — leaders promote officers and trusted members with management powers.
• Clan wars — organized clan-vs-clan competition for glory and rewards.
• Territory control 🗺️ — clans can claim map zones; controlling territory grants bonuses to every member while they play inside it.

Territory is the endgame of the clan system: strong clans race to claim the best hunting zones, and members reap passive bonuses just by playing in clan land.

💱 The Trade Market — Buy & Sell Pokémon

The player market is where Pokémon change hands. List any Pokémon from your PC for a price in coins or 💎 gems, and browse what other trainers are selling.

Market rules

What sells best?

• Shinies ✨ — always in demand; rare species command huge prices.
• Perfect-IV Pokémon 💯 — battlers pay a premium for flawless stats.
• High-IV starters and pseudo-legendaries — steady sellers for team builders.

Selling spare catches is a core part of the economy — a duplicate shiny can fund weeks of Poké Balls. And every purchase fills a dex gap for your Collector Score.

🛡️ Stay Safe — Avoid Trade Scams

• Price too good to be true? It usually is — compare against similar listings first.
• Someone pressuring you to trade outside the market? That's the scam. Decline and report.
• Account secured? Guests should claim their account with an email — see Getting Started.

🚀 Your Social Checklist

1. Add 3 friends from the map or chat today.
2. Say hi in global chat — the community is friendly and loves helping new trainers.
3. Join a party for your next grind session and feel the shared-XP difference.
4. Find a clan and start earning territory bonuses.
5. List a spare catch on the market and earn your first trading coins.

Next up: travel in style — hoverboards and trainer cosmetics await in Hoverboards & Cosmetics.